*new* 1 Dec 11 World AIDS Day
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15823409
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/opinion/a-decade-of-progress-on-aids.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212
30 Nov 11 Treatment of AIDS worldwide
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15854793
Here's the bio on our guest speaker (5 Dec)
http://www.pathobiology.uc.edu/faculty/blackard.html
Monday, November 14, 2011
Genetics
*news* 15Nov11
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Geron-halting-stem-cell-apf-659028246.html?x=0&l=1
1. Technical questions?
2. Moral, ethical, legal, social concerns? (These are commonly collectively referred to as ELSI concerns)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Geron-halting-stem-cell-apf-659028246.html?x=0&l=1
1. Technical questions?
2. Moral, ethical, legal, social concerns? (These are commonly collectively referred to as ELSI concerns)
Love Philia (21 Nov)
Comment on
1. Love as desire
2. Love of children
3. Love of friends
4. Love of marriage-quality partner.
What can we justifiably ask of any of these others?
Joy in Love--how to cultivate it?
v Here’s a key passage:
Let us say the word: philia is love in all its forms when it flourishes between human beings, whenever it is not reduced to want or passion (erōs). The word, therefore, has a narrower range than the word love (which can be used in reference to an object, animal, or god) but wider than the word friendship (which is hardly ever used with reference to the parent-child relationship) (p. 254).
v How to maintain that passion from first love along with cultivating a mature love over time?
v “In short, concupiscent or covetous love, though not necessarily blameworthy, is a selfish love that loves the other for its own benefit. Benevolent love, on the other hand, is a generous love—it loves the other for the other’s benefit” (p. 262).
o “But erōs is consumed as it is satisfied . . . ; whereas philia, in a happy couple, never ceases to intensify, deepen, and flourish” (p. 263).
Research on Animals
*new* NYTimes article 1 Dec 11
At least 5 percent of the 650 dogs used by American combat forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder. http://nyti.ms/vVaoSc
Research on Chimps
this couldn't be more timely:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/science/chimps-days-in-research-may-be-near-an-end.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha210
*new* more on chimps in research
http://the-scientist.com/2011/11/17/illegal-breeding-at-chimp-facility/
Brianna started discussion in another section; I'm reposting here:
http://ww.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v1n3/cures.html
I found this to be an interesting article applicable to today's discussion about Research on Animals. Here's my question:
Where is the line between science and curiosity? From a Utilitarian standpoint, painful/fatal research on animals should be done only to benefit the greater good. The animals are being used as a means to an end, therefore, is it ethically right?
I believe that some research should be done to help save human lives, but other experiments seem to have no other point but satisfying curiosity.
At least 5 percent of the 650 dogs used by American combat forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder. http://nyti.ms/vVaoSc
Research on Chimps
this couldn't be more timely:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/science/chimps-days-in-research-may-be-near-an-end.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha210
*new* more on chimps in research
http://the-scientist.com/2011/11/17/illegal-breeding-at-chimp-facility/
Brianna started discussion in another section; I'm reposting here:
http://ww.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v1n3/cures.html
I found this to be an interesting article applicable to today's discussion about Research on Animals. Here's my question:
Where is the line between science and curiosity? From a Utilitarian standpoint, painful/fatal research on animals should be done only to benefit the greater good. The animals are being used as a means to an end, therefore, is it ethically right?
I believe that some research should be done to help save human lives, but other experiments seem to have no other point but satisfying curiosity.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Current Events November
*new* 15 Nov 11
http://www.pbs.org/programs/elusive-justice/
*new* 15 Nov 11 NYTimes' David Brooks on the difficulties of being moral
The general reaction to the Penn State atrocity has been self-righteous and dishonest. We should all take a look at our propensity to self-deceive. http://nyti.ms/soOELC
14Nov11 60 Minutes on conflicts of interest in politics
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7388130n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox
14Nov11www.values.com.
What do you think about this group & website?
A new quick NIH funding system for interdisciplinary proposals:
http://the-scientist.com/2011/11/10/nsf-sans-peer-review/
http://www.pbs.org/programs/elusive-justice/
*new* 15 Nov 11 NYTimes' David Brooks on the difficulties of being moral
The general reaction to the Penn State atrocity has been self-righteous and dishonest. We should all take a look at our propensity to self-deceive. http://nyti.ms/soOELC
14Nov11 60 Minutes on conflicts of interest in politics
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7388130n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox
14Nov11www.values.com.
What do you think about this group & website?
A new quick NIH funding system for interdisciplinary proposals:
http://the-scientist.com/2011/11/10/nsf-sans-peer-review/
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